[Match Thread] 3rd Test: Zim vs Bang at Chittagong

[jaybro]

What would u like us to say Conant ? We picked a good team ? we have bowled well ?

you say a lot of stupid things mate ....

[Jemisi]

Finally

[Jemisi]

golden arm!

[foreignfield]

Demon bowler!

[Conant]

I thought he couldn't bowl at all, as we didn't see him earlier. So why didn't he tweak his arm over when Tamim and Kayes were demolishing us?

[brmtaylor.com admin]

Well that was carnage
Hasn't been a great tour this one.

Thank God we beat Pakistan last year. It's the only thing that makes me think Zimbabwe is still a better team than Bangladesh.

[eugene]

Perhaps Zimbabwe figured they couldn't bowl Bangladesh out anyway on this wicket and just decided to load up with batsmen to bat for a draw. Of course losing the toss compromises that tactic.

[Jemisi]

You may have something there Eugene.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Not if you want to believe what Hammy said on the eve:

"Obviously [we would] go all out for the win and go out for the one-dayers," Masakadza said. "We haven't really won a Test match in Bangladesh for a long time. So that will be something we will be looking forward to. It is obviously one of our aims to win this last one and end up 2-1 and get into the one-day series with a little bit of momentum."

Makes the team selection all the more bizarre.

[eugene]

I don't believe Hammy for a second. I think they have looked at the pitch and history of this ground and deduced that it is impossible to bowl Bangladesh out on this wicket so why even try. Why else would you go into a test with 3 frontline bowlers and a bunch of part timers? Unless of course the selectors are idiots which isn't totally implausible.